| 401 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1652
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. and Willie Mitchell
album: Rick James Presents Bobby M - Blow
comments: [soul jazz[
|
| 402 |
recordlabel: Epic 02904
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Current
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 403 |
recordlabel: Motown 1627
chartposition: RandB #59, US #109
writtenby: Ozone and A. Stewart
album: Li'l Suzy
comments: [disco funk]
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recordlabel: Delirium 924
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Beggars Banquet 75 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: J. Mullen, Claire Hamill
album: Life on the Wire
comments: [jazz funk]
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recordlabel: Philly World 2001
writtenby: J. Dudly, J. Robertson, Les Paul Roque
album: Search I
comments: [disco funk]
mpcode: I0UmR_76f2c
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02824
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Rod Temperton
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Capitol 8527
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Raymond Johnson and Ron Banks
album: New Dimension
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Columbia 03037
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: André Cymone
album: Livin' in the New Wave
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Warner 29987
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Bill LaBounty and Roy Freeland
album: Windsong
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: RCA 13215
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: L. Ware, Z. Grey
album: Love Conquers All
comments: [funk soul boogie]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Columbia 37950
album: Love Don't Grow On Trees
comments: [album cut] [disco funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Alive 14135
writtenby: Gary B. Hairston
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5160
chartposition: RandB #19, US Dance #48
writtenby: George Clinton, Gambrell, Gary Shider and David Spradley
album: Computer Games
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 4011
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: Francois L'Herbier, Michel Daigle, Gail Kerri, Gene Leone and Richie Rome
album: Voggue
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Motown 1623
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Skip Scarborough
album: Love Changes
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: RCA 13274
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #7, US #17
writtenby: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3882
chartposition: RandB #39, US #107
writtenby: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: Can't Shake This Feelin'
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: AandM 2407
chartposition: RandB #42, UK #47
writtenby: Yvonne Brown and Dennis Brown
album: Love Has Found Its Way
comments: [reggae]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Jupiter 421
writtenby: Cuba Gooding, Juggy Murray
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 79302
chartposition: RandB #4, US #10, UK #18, US dance #3
writtenby: Quincy Jones, Merria Ross & Rod Temperton
album: Donna Summer
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5146
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Street Opera
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Old Town 1984
writtenby: Margaret Conway, Robert Temple
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tabu 03031
writtenby: D. Jackson
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: AandM 2420
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis
album: Brilliance
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Arista 1023
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Luther Vandross
album: Jump to It
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Handshake 2908
chartposition: US Dance #54
writtenby: Lotti Golden and Richard Scher
album: Trilark
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2197
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Howard Redmon, James Gadson, Lee Hayes and Marcus Robinson
album: Saturday, Saturday Night
comments: [sweet soul]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Arista 0682
chartposition: RandB #47, US Dance #20
writtenby: Earl Toon Jr.
comments: [disco funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Bevnik 556
writtenby: W. Butler Jr., A. Harris
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5122
chartposition: UK #52, RandB #72
writtenby: Elaine Runner and Wayne Henderson
album: All Night Music
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8126
chartposition: RandB #5, US dance #2, UK #15, US #104
writtenby: Paul Laurence (as Paul Lawrence Jones)
album: The Other Side of the Rainbow
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: RCA 275(UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: David Courtney
album: Happy Together
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 7 89962
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Keni St. Lewis
album: Grand Slam
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Jive 2004
chartposition: RandB #45, US Dance #11
writtenby: Dolby, Hutchins, Rivas
album: Whodini
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Buddah 630
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Slingshot
comments: [ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 4005
chartposition: RandB #29, US #13, US AC #7
writtenby: Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager
album: I'm the One
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76132
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #7, US #30, US dance #4
writtenby: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: JI
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: RCA 13354
chartposition: US #1, RandB #78, UK #6, US dance #18, US AC #14, US rock #18
writtenby: Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: H2O
|
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recordlabel: Spring 195
writtenby: Sam Dees, M. Jackson, B. Shapiro
album: Hard Times
comments: [ballad]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 119 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #32
writtenby: Sylvia Robinson, Melle Mel (as Melvin Glover) and Joey Robinson Jr.
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Capitol 5190
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
album: Street Opera
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Sweet Mountain 2001
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Reggie Griffin
comments: [electro]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: RCA 13021
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #36, US #8, US dance #14
writtenby: Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
|
| --- |
recordlabel: AandM 8238
album: No Way Out
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 7037
chartposition: US Dance #15
writtenby: James Calloway and Sonny T. Davenport
album: Inner Life II / Street Sounds Edition 1
comments: [disco dance] (extended remix)
mpcode: WablH38XyVo
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Profile Records 5011
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: George Luster and Ronald D. Johnson
comments: [hip hop, funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Solar 11558
writtenby: Grady Wilkins, Larry White, Nicholas Caldwell
album: Do You Like Our Music?
comments: [disco funk]
mpcode: A4bxt-hc2eU
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Gordy 1631
writtenby: K. Ashby, B. Medina
album: Reunion
comments: [disco funk]]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Bridge 1982
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: John Valentine and Billy Valentine (as William Valentine)
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1631
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Reunion
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Mirage 4014
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Boo Boo Monk and Sandy Linzer
album: More of the Good Life
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Myrrh 261
writtenby: Sharon Michalsky, Moses Dillard
album: Precious Lord
comments: [gospel soul]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 7038
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Solomon Roberts Jr.
album: Skyyjammer
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 99904
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: General Crook and Syl Johnson
album: Ms. Fine Brown Frame
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Elektra 67967
chartposition: RandB #33, US Dance #55
writtenby: Curtis Harmon, James K. Lloyd and Cedric A. Napoleon
album: We Are One
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: 25 West 1001
writtenby: Michael Murphy, Laforest Cope
album: Sassified
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Venture 5020
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Daniel Joseph and Geraldine Hunt
comments: [disco novelty]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Venture 149
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #13, US #39, US dance #1
writtenby: Geraldine Hunt & Daniel Joseph
album: Cheri
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Capitol 839 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #15, US #10, US AC #36
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Silk Electric
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: West End 22141
chartposition: US Dance #65
writtenby: Larry Joseph
comments: [disco]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: RandB Records 210
chartposition: RandB #52, UK #5
writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Prelude 614
chartposition: RandB #24, US Dance #66
writtenby: Jerome Prister and Michele Blackmon
album: Secret Weapon
comments: [disco dance]
|
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recordlabel: P.I.R. 2982
writtenby: K. Gamble, L. A. Huff
album: My Favorite Person
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 47000
chartposition: RandB #14, US #23, US AC #2
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: The Sisters
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Wave 7001
chartposition: RandB #85, US Dance #11
writtenby: David Blumberg and Catherine Mitchell Lord
comments: [electronic disco]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: T Neck 03394
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: McKinley Jackson, Shirley Jones and Valorie Jones
album: We Go a Long Way Back
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Juana 4002
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: D. Camon
comments: [ballad]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2484
chartposition: US dance #42
writtenby: Bugatti, Musker
album: I Got Your Body
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: De lite 201
chartposition: US Dance #61
writtenby: John Harris Jr. and Marlon Woods
album: Second Cup
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Warner 9908 7
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #7, US #101
writtenby: Prince
album: Vanity 6
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Warner 50005
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #14, US #52, US AC #29
writtenby: Michael Garvin & Tom Shapiro
album: The George Benson Collection
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Prelude 13 2755 (UK)
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Darryl Payne and Eric Matthew
album: Redd Hott
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: RandB Records 209
writtenby: Osbourne, Jacobs, Robinson, Durrant
comments: [disco funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Survivor 131
writtenby: Gregory Smith, Mario Banks
album: Caviar
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 4007
chartposition: US #95
writtenby: Dean Gant
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Gordy 6003
writtenby: Curtis Nolen and Raymond Crossley
album: Ambience
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: RFVFFHI6mlw
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Polydor 407
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Island 6800 (UK)
writtenby: G. Isaacs
album: Night Nurse
comments: [reggae]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 2713
chartposition: RandB #23
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: Get as Much Love as You Can / The Best Of Philadelphia
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 02898
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: This One's for You
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Island 8901
chartposition: US dance #2, RandB #17, US #103
writtenby: Grace Jones & Sly Dunbar
album: Living My Life
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Fountain 400
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Phillip Brown and Rufus Hill
album: Ice 'N Hot
comments: [ballad]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: AandM 8220 (UK)
writtenby: A. Gorrie, A. Thompson
album: No Way Out
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 11 169 7
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Honesty
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Prism 430
chartposition: US Dance #56
writtenby: Richard Scher and Lotti Golden
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Victory 1000
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #88
writtenby: Sylvia Robinson, L. Roberts
album: Changin' Times
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Mega 100
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Candy Corvin, Jerry Marcellino
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Prism 350
chartposition: RandB #50, US Dance #11
writtenby: Richard Scher and Lotti Golden
album: It's a Beat Wave
comments: [funk]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1615
chartposition: RandB #17, US #60, US AC #32
writtenby: Gary Goetzman and Mike Piccirillo
album: Yes It's You Lady
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Prelude 622
chartposition: US Dance #33
writtenby: Eric Matthew and Miles Watson
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Spring 3025
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: Bill Curtis
album: On the Floor with Fatback
comments: [funk]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: AandM 2434
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #11, US #29, US AC #7
writtenby: Jeffrey Osborne & Peter Schless
album: Jeffrey Osborne
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Warner 29998
chartposition: UK #48, RandB #50, US #110
writtenby: Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch
album: Windsong
comments: [ballad]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Warner 29985
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: Exciting
comments: [disco funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Atlantic 11720 (UK)
writtenby: Eli Matza
album: Phase 2
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Capitol 8541
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Barry Eastmond
album: Movin' On
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Beggars Banquet 78 (UK)
writtenby: Mark Arthurworrey, Peter Maas
album: Anti-Freeez
comments: [disco jazz-funk]
mpcode: _Nk96ZE8Dfw
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Hump 3
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: George Clinton and Junie Morrison (as Walter Morrison)
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 588
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Joey Robinson, Jr. and Cheryl Cook
album: Break Dance - Electric Boogie
comments: [funk]
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